In May we completed the acquisition of Travel Centers of America, TA, adding a network of 288 sites strategically located on major highways across the United States. Mecca gave me a map of this that I have on my desk and it really is phenomenal to look at because you see the extensive highway network in America and now we have dots and sites on virtually every one of them in 44 states. And TA is expected to almost double BP's global convenience growth margin and bring growth opportunities in four of our five transition growth engines. And in the first half excluding TA we delivered record convenience growth margin with around 7% year on year growth, that's on top of I think Emma 9% per annum over the previous three years.

Aug 1, 2023 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Bernard Looney, CEO | earnings call 2023-08-01 | transcript 0e0c62b4-6012-4269-b76a-e6e8aec51c0e | chars 6468-7199 | segment 6